With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Milan works elsewhere
There are 277 jobs in Milan; 1,041 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Milan is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Milan apart on work
Milan’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Milan is New York City, 91 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (132) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Milan is a place people come home to
There are 277 jobs based in Milan, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milan has about 1,600 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Milan are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Milan than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Milan fell from 367 in 2013 to 277 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Milan’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Milan’s grade up ($104,318, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Milan could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How far it is to work from Milan
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in Milan, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 972 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Milan on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Milan: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milan workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 989 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Milan: what the 277 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milan, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 277. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in New York City
Where Milan clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting around Milan: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,232 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Milan households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Milan’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Milan is 2,620th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,618 | La Paloma TX | 2,797 | $60K | 24.8% | 1.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,619 | Dodds Township IL | 2,682 | $62K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,620 | Milan NY | 2,328 | $104K | 11.9% | 5.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,621 | Greenfield Township PA | 1,777 | $83K | 6.0% | 7.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,622 | Brooklyn IN | 2,621 | $58K | 18.1% | 3.4% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Milan, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
21% of Milan works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Red Hook (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | – | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $104,318 |
| Clinton | under 3% | A− | B+ | 36 min | $125,685 |
| Pine Plains | 3% | B− | B+ | 27 min | $102,109 |
| Red Hook | 11% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $112,363 |
| Rhinebeck | 7% | B− | A | 29 min | $93,284 |
| Clermont | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $95,104 |
| Stanford | under 3% | B | B | 30 min | $88,578 |
| Gallatin | under 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $89,412 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Milan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Milan: questions
What is the median household income in Milan?
$104,318 (±$24,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milan?
11.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milan?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milan work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 91 mi), Red Hook (11%, 6 mi), Rhinebeck (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milan walkable?
Milan is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milan without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.